Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch

Shropshire · West Midlands · population 7,963 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

53Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,227 of 6,856 in England
  • #284 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #17 of 39 in Shropshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,781
Median age (est.)51
Density33per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above39%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 18%45–64 32%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 8%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 5%Other: 22%
One person 25%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 5%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 19% · Skilled trades 16%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors19%
Skilled trades16%
Associate professional11%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 3%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 3%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 35% · Sikh 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,227 of 6,856 in England, and #17 of 39 in Shropshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (94) but weak on Housing & access (1). Typical homes here sold for about £375,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 58 sales), 36% above the wider Shropshire median of £275,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,310 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 29 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 83 · #1,157
Employment 82 · #1,259
Education 73 · #1,835
Health 78 · #1,492
Crime 94 · #396
Housing & access 1 · #6,757
Living environment 5 · #6,490

House prices ?

£375,000median (12m) · +14.0% yr · n=58
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£375,00058+14.0%+11.9%
Detached£510,00038+13.3%+24.4%
Semi-detached£267,50016+12.6%+16.3%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£375,000
Shropshire£275,000
West Midlands£252,500
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£39,310±£5,627 · #3,629 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,526
Price-to-income ?9.5×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

29 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 230 offences
Shropshire51
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #344 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences115
Theft22
Burglary15
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson32
Public order & weapons23
Drugs8
Robbery0
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 34 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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